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laddish

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laddish [ˈlædɪʃ]
adj
Informal, usually derogatory characteristic of male adolescents or young men, esp by being rowdy, macho, or immature laddish behaviour
laddishness  n
Translations
laddish [ˈlædɪʃ] ADJ (Brit) → macho adj inv
laddish
adj (Brit inf) → machohaft (inf)


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In "On Normality," we find a number of his fake magazine covers in which he poses as a laddish militia member or casts friends as other prototypical characters of Serbia's Generation X.
Their critics fail to notice that lurking within the pages of sexual boasts, crude gags, and masculine bravado is a host of information on health, sex, and emotions--but presented in an acceptably laddish lunchbox.
In the post-tech-boom years, the archetype of male success and cool mixes laddish cockiness and financial acumen.
 
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